71%

 
The glue binding your customers to you isn’t as strong as you think it is. 71% of B2B customers report being willing to switch suppliers whenever necessary. The key to eliminating strategic account defections is to become essential to your customers.

 

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SAMA Academy Online
Registration is open for Q2 2023.

2023 Pan-European Conference
October 18-19  |  Dublin, Ireland

SAMA TECH FEST

November 1-2, 2023   |   Virtual

A FREE look into technology tailored to today's strategic account management. Details coming soon.

SAM Solution Center

Tools, resources and knowledge from experts in the SAMA community.

 

Knowledge & best-practice sharing
 

The SAMA community comprises the largest, most diverse community of strategic accounts practitioners in the world, and we mine them continuously for insights and emerging practices.
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Tools to benchmark your program or strategic account managers

Need real data to justify and/or guide investment in your strategic account management initiative? Our individual competency assessment and SAM program assessment will show how you compare to hundreds of other global B2B companies in our database.  Get started

TAILORED, COMPETENCY-DRIVEN TRAINING & CERTIFICATION

The best strategic and key account managers outperform average ones by a factor of 3X. We have trained thousands of SAMs, KAMs and GAMs to produce outsize growth and profitability by delivering differentiating value to their customers.  Learn more

Connections that matter
 

Whether you are looking for the what, the how or the who, SAMA can connect you with SAM practitioners who have overcome the exact challenge(s) you’re facing. It’s literally what we’re here for.
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New & Noteworthy:

Bigger and Better: The SAMA Community Partners With The Congruity Group. Read the Press Release

SAMA is thrilled to announce our partnership with The Congruity Group to build and execute our Strategic Customer Advisory Board. Together, we will launch multiple collaboration initiatives to help B2B organizations accelerate their success with their strategic accounts.

SAMA Academy:

Find what works for you on the 2023 calendar!

SAMA Academy is designed to transform your good SAMs into great ones. Offered throughout the year, in-person and live online, these skill-building courses enhance and expand capabilities in specific areas shown time and again to lead to superior business results. Recommended for SAMs, their extended teams and SAM program leaders, many of the workshops offer credit toward SAMA’s Certified Strategic Account Manager (CSAM) program.    Learn more.

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